At Wensel Service Centers in Spring City, Allentown, & Reading, PA, it’s important to us that your car, truck, or SUV is ready for any condition. Coolant flushes are an important part of getting your vehicle ready for winter - here’s why.

Your brakes have a lot to do with how your car drives. Brakes are a frequently neglected item on a lot of people’s checklist, and many drivers on the road have subpar brakes and don’t even know it. A car that brakes well and brakes correctly are just as important as acceleration, handling, or any other aspect of a vehicle’s drivability. A car with brake issues has the potential to be a far more enjoyable ride when fixed.

At Wensel Service Centers in Spring City, Allentown, & Reading, PA, transmission maintenance and repair is our specialty. Here’s some information on your transmission pump - what it does, and how to know if yours needs to be replaced.

There’s no need to take your car to different specialized shops all over town in order to maintain your vehicle, just because you drive a high-end vehicle. Since we are dedicated to luxury and performance automobiles, at Wensel's Service Centers in Spring City, Allentown, & Reading, our team of expert mechanics has the knowledge and ability necessary to handle all your maintenance and repair needs.

At Wensel Service Centers in Spring City, Allentown, & Reading, we know how irritating an issue with your truck can be, even if it doesn’t immediately affect your vehicle’s performance. One such problematic issue, the excessively loud radiator cooling fan, is a common plague many automobile owners will experience.

An engine can last anywhere from 50 to 500,000 miles depending mostly on how well you maintain it. While some engines are certainly more reliable than others, all of them depend on maintenance to fulfill their greatest potential. Wensel's Service Centers in Spring City, Allentown, & Reading, PA has provided for you some of the determining factors of engine lifespan, to help you make sure your engine lasts as long as it possibly can.

Nobody knows your vehicle better than you; if you suspect it isn’t driving the way it used to, there’s a good chance you’re correct. The truth of the matter is there are countless reasons and remedies for such a broad subject, but Wensel's Service Centers in Spring City, Allentown, & Reading, PA has compiled a list of a few common problems that can cause a vehicle to drive poorly.

At Wensel Service Centers in Spring City, Allentown, & Reading, we know that some of the most elusive issues with any truck are often caused by the simplest of malfunctions. While you might consider a gas cap fairly innocuous, it can actually malfunction too, prompting a check engine light on your dashboard.

Glow Plugs are an essential component of your diesel engine. However, a faulty glow plug can go unnoticed or be neglected for quite some time; your truck will still start and run, so it’s an easy issue to overlook. At Wensel Service Centers in Spring City, Allentown, & Reading, we want you to know what to look for, and why you should be concerned with a bad glow plug.

Your drive belts are simple but integral components to the function of your car, truck, or SUV. At Wensel's Service Centers in Spring City, Allentown, & Reading, belts are one of the first things we assess when looking over a vehicle, as they alone are in charge of operating your AC, water pump, alternator, and power steering.

If you drive a car, truck, or SUV that runs on gasoline, there's a good chance you’ve run it low on fuel a few times (or more than a few times,) and maybe even run out of gas completely a time or two. At Wensel's Service Centers in Spring City, Allentown, & Reading, PA, we like to provide information applicable to you. Running a vehicle low on fuel is something we’re all guilty of, and most of us don’t think twice about it. But, can it be bad for your car?

Good tire maintenance is important. At Wensel's Service Centers in Spring City, Allentown, & Reading, we know how to make tires last, and why it’s important to service them regularly. An easy and effective aspect of tire maintenance is correct air pressure; here’s what you need to know.

You know how often to change your engine oil; but what about the gear oil in your standard shift transmission? Here’s a short guide, from Wensel Service Centers in Spring City, Allentown, & Reading.  Unless you’re lucky enough to own a car with a transmission dipstick, inspecting the gear oil in a manual transmission is a lot more inconvenient than doing so with an automatic, or checking your engine oil. The car must be jacked up, supported, and the oil checked from underneath. As a result, you may just want to change it when the time is right. But how do you know when that time comes?

Your car, truck, or SUV is equipped with various filters that keep the air going into your engine clean, the air you breathe in the vehicle, the fuel that supplies your engine, and the oil that keeps it going. How often should you have them replaced? It depends on the filter, the vehicle, and the environment. Here’s what you need to know, from Wensel Service Centers in Spring City, Allentown, & Reading, PA.

“Tire rotation” is a term you hear frequently in the realm of vehicle maintenance, but what does it actually mean? How often should you have it done? Wensel's Service Centers in Spring City, Allentown, & Reading has the answers you’re looking for.

Hitting a pothole always hurts - you may not be sure exactly what happens when you hit a pothole, but you can tell it’s not good for your car, truck, or SUV. Here are issues caused by potholes, and what to watch out for if you hit a really rough one, from Wensel's Service Centers in Spring City, Allentown, & Reading, PA.

Tires are often neglected, but easy to maintain. As long as they work, most people don’t really think about them. However, if you take care to properly maintain your vehicle and your tires, they will last much, much longer. At Wensel's Service Centers in Spring City, Allentown, & Reading, we see all too often the results of poor tire maintenance, and the result is expensive new tires. Here’s what you can do to make sure you don’t become part of that statistic.

If you drive a vehicle with a manual transmission, you know that clutch replacement can be an expensive and time-consuming job. Wensel Service Centers in Spring City, Allentown, & Reading has some tips to keep your clutch replacements as infrequent as possible.

If you want to avoid nasty and unexpected surprise maintenance costs, sticking to a regimented schedule of preventative maintenance is something you are going to want to get used to. The reason being is simple – frequent maintenance will keep your vehicle in good health, ensuring you get the most out of all those expensive-to-replace parts. While it might sound counterintuitive, the best way to reduce maintenance costs is to stick to a prescribed maintenance schedule.

Eventually, the time comes to replace your car, truck, or SUV. Often, you’ll decide to go used to save some money. This can either be a great financial decision, but it takes a little more groundwork to make sure you’re getting a good deal and a reliable vehicle. From researching, to test driving, to inspecting a used vehicle, Wensel Service Centers in Spring City, Allentown, & Reading, PA has a few tips to help you get there.